Blogfinger photo of Terry’s shop from 2011.Historic OG:    Here is an article about that part of Main Avenue in 2011 Main Avenue vs. Cookman Ave. at Christmastime 2011   April, 2024: Gingerbreads, a shop featuring Victorian lace, knick knacks for Victorian houses, hand towels, tea pots and ceramics with Victorian period style has gone out of business in April, 2024, Ocean Grove, NJ Terry Lepore had a unique business on Main Avenue, and tourists loved her shop.   Gingerbreads. Photo by Lee Morgan. Main Avenue. Ocean Grove,  NJ. © April 2024.   Gingerbreads: Empt ..read more

Source: “Ocean Grove 2018 Summer Program Guide.”   Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.   Shaboom, Shaboom. The Doo Wops used to usher in the summer season in OG and then return in September with a different lineup. But in the last couple of years, the CMA has eliminated most pop concerts from the summer schedule—except for the Beach Boys. But now, in a surprise announcement, the CMA has taken seriously the adage “See You in September” with a “Doo Wop Extravaganza” on September one in the Great Auditorium.  The program contains all excellent choices, so this concert should not ..read more

Chico. Blogfinger staff. Moe Demby photo ..read more

By Mark Neumann. Special to Blogfinger.   Sue Gioulis cartoon. Special to Blogfinger. 2017.©   By Paul Goldfinger, MD   Editor Blogfinger.net.  Re-post. from Feb. 2017. In 2017, the CMA announced that it was cutting back on secular programs in the Great Auditorium on Saturday nights. Eventually they stopped all such events in favor of more religious programming. This was a disappointment to many in town and to many of the tourists who loved to come to Ocean Grove for those events. We heard from one: “This is sad. We live in Highlands and enjoyed driving down to Oce ..read more

NY Times  4/15/24   Cicada.   Up to a trillion cicadas are expected to begin appearing this month in the Midwest and Southeast.   They will not be coming to New Jersey.    2 broods will begin emerging this month once the soil warms up and rains soak the earth.   Don McClean:   https://blogfinger.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/03-Vincent.m4a   ..read more

Blogfinger video at June 5 rally.   Paul Goldfinger, Editor Blogfinger.net June 5, 2020.    Several thousand protestors were expected, and the police were out in force, but the disorganized and impotent event in Asbury Park, N.J. was washed out by a rain storm. Despite the weather, an estimated 1,000 orderly demonstrators showed up. We were driving on Asbury Avenue late in the afternoon through an inner city neighborhood, but none of the local citizens showed any sign of readying for the event. On Main Street, some merchants were boarding up their shop windows. We saw three y ..read more

John McCrae – 1872-1918 John McCrae was born on November 30, 1872. A Canadian doctor and teacher who served in World War I, he is best known for his memorial poem “In Flanders Fields.” He died on January 28, 1918.   IN FLANDERS FIELDS:   In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row,     That mark our place; and in the sky     The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,     Loved and were loved, and now we lie       ..read more

The Scream. Edvard Munch 1893.     Bob makes soup on Delaware Avenue. Friday.   By Paul Goldfinger, Editor Blogfinger.net.  Ocean Grove, NJ   11/03/2012.   (Sandy hit Oct 29,  2012) One of our OG neighbors, his name is Jim,  took delivery today of a generator. In the process, he became very popular in the hood.  We prevailed on him to let the Blogfinger staff charge their literary equipment: laptops, iPads, cameras, hotspots, and smart phones.  The trip to crazy Wegmans was getting tiresome, and the Camp Meeting charging center was busy. I ..read more

Paul Goldfinger still from the 2022 movie  “Lady Chatterley’s Lover”  on Netflix. The Lady has to resolve her out-of-focus life.   BEVERLY KENNEY:   https://blogfinger.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1-20-Why-Try-to-Chance-Me-Now.m4a ..read more

Ocean Grove. Paul Goldfinger photo. Blogfinger.net Let’s dance:  Lou Christie:   https://blogfinger.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/05-Im-Gonna-Make-You-Mine.m4a ..read more